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Samaran Natarajan

3×3 · top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019NATA01

Samaran Natarajan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.11, set at Stevenage September 2025, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in the United Kingdom. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since June 2019, he has put 1,416 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.24 in June 2019 to 6.11, a 77% improvement. Samaran has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time
6.11
signature single · Stevenage September 2025
1,416
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×36.118.78
top 0.55%51 / 6,689
2×21.803.19
top 3.6%263 / 4,895
4×431.5235.99
top 3.8%94 / 2,071
5×556.551:04.06
top 4.0%55 / 1,151
3×3 one-handed13.0917.79
top 4.6%86 / 1,851
6×61:52.772:06.80
top 8.3%55 / 548
Megaminx59.601:05.83
top 9.8%125 / 966
Skewb3.907.53
top 10.2%231 / 2,421
Pyraminx4.708.36
top 11.4%449 / 3,656
Clock7.249.74
top 11.9%170 / 1,232
7×73:27.743:51.44
top 19.0%84 / 459
Square-118.0526.73
top 23.5%221 / 778
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 3 solves118 / 372

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

High Wycombe Open 2019: 26.24Stevenage Spring 2022: 12.95August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 10.42Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 10.90Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 11.94Stevenage January 2023: 7.82Reading Spring 2023: 9.46Stevenage May 2023: 8.79Stevenage June 2023: 9.96Stevenage July 2023: 8.72Harrow Autumn 2023: 7.98Stevenage January 2024: 7.20Stevenage February 2024: 7.34Manchester Spring 2024: 7.78Stevenage April 2024: 7.97Crewe Spring 2024: 8.97Stevenage June 2024: 7.40Chichester Summer 2024: 6.59Stevenage August 2024: 7.37Kewbz UK Open 2024: 7.98Stevenage October 2024: 8.00Stevenage January 2025: 7.85Stevenage March 2025: 7.84Stevenage June 2025: 8.18Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.00Stevenage September 2025: 6.116.1126.248 Jun 20196 Sep 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.